Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said he's working to make President Trump's suggestion that Palestinians could be "cleaned out" of Gaza and moved to Egypt and Jordan a reality. Trump's idea sparked a backlash from Arab nations, including Egypt and Jordan,...
Hundreds of Thousands of Palestinians Begin Returning to North Gaza
Palestinians who were displaced from northern Gaza in the early days of Israel's genocidal war on the Strip began returning to the ruins of their homes on Monday as part of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. Despite the massive destruction in northern Gaza,...
Trump Threatens Colombia With Tariffs, Visa Restrictions Over Deportation Flights
Update on January 26, 2025, at 11:56 pm EST: On Sunday night, the White House said Colombia had agreed to the "unrestricted acceptance" of migrants from Colombia and would allow them to be returned to the country "including on US military aircraft, without limitation...
Qatar Says Deal Reached To Allow Palestinians To Return to North Gaza
Qatar announced early Monday morning that a deal had been reached between Israel and Hamas that would allow Palestinians who have been forcibly displaced from northern Gaza to return to the ruins of their homes and pass through the Israeli-controlled Netzarim...
Israeli Forces Kill Two-Year-Old Girl in West Bank’s Jenin
On Saturday, a two-year-old Palestinian girl was shot and killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, where the Israeli military launched a new offensive last week. Laila al-Khatib died after being shot in the head by IDF gunfire when she was...
Trump Releases Hold on Shipment of 2,000-Pound Bombs for Israel
President Trump has released a hold on a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel that was paused by the Biden administration, Axios reported on Saturday. The report said the shipment of 1,800 MK-84 bombs, which are in storage in the US, will be shipped to Israel in...
Trump Floats Plan To ‘Clean Out’ Palestinians From Gaza, Raising Fears of Ethnic Cleansing
On Saturday, President Trump suggested the idea of "cleaning out" Palestinians from Gaza and sending them to Egypt and Jordan, raising fears that the US may support the ethnic cleansing of the territory. The president told reporters on Air Force One that moving...
Zelensky Says US Military Aid To Ukraine Has Not Been Paused
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that US military aid to Ukraine had not been stopped, comments that came a day after a leaked memo revealed Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a 90-day pause on most foreign aid. "I am focused on military aid; it...
Shin Bet Says Israel’s ‘Multi-Front’ War Is Now Focused on the West Bank
The head of Israel's Shin Bet security agency said Thursday that Israel's "multi-front war" is now focused on the occupied West Bank amid a new Israeli siege on the northern Palestinian city of Jenin. "We are in a multi-front war, and now it is the turn of Samaria,"...
Israel Purchases More Iron Dome Interceptors With US Aid
The Israeli Defense Ministry announced last week that it had signed its first deal using an $8.7 billion military aid package it received from the US to purchase munitions for its Iron Dome missile defense system. The Defense Ministry said it signed a contract with...